Between stagingpaparazzi photosand writingopen lettersto Prince Harry advising him to call off his nuptials , Meghan Markle ’s kinsfolk has been keeping the media jolly busy recently . But it turns out that her bloodline ’s gift for grabbing headlines see back much further than the announcement that Markle and Prince Harry were getting hitched — and for much more sinister cause . According toMeet the Markles , a fresh television documentary film produced for England ’s Channel Four , the formerSuitsstar has a distant relation toH.H. Holmes , America ’s first serial killer .
The claim comes from Holmes ’s great - great - grandson , American lawyer Jeff Mudgett , who of late discover that he and Markle areeighth cousins . If that connective is correct , then it would mean that Markle , too , is related to Holmes .
While finding out that you ’re link — however distantly — to a man believe to have off 27 the great unwashed is n’t something you ’d probably want to partake with Queen Elizabeth II when asking her to pass the Yorkshire pud at Christmas dinner , what makes the story even more interesting is that Mudgett believes that his swell - bang-up - grandfather was also Jack the Ripper !
Mudgett occur to this conclusion found on Holmes ’s personal journal , which he inherit . In 2017,American Ripper — an eight - part History Channel serial — enquire Mudgett ’s notion that Holmes and Jack were indeed one and the same .
When asked about his connexion to Markle , and their shared connection to Holmes — and , possibly , Jack the Ripper — Mudgett replied :
In the 130 years since Jack the Ripper terrorized London ’s Whitechapel region , century ofnameshave been put forth as potential suspects , but authorization have never been capable to definitively conclude who committed the notorious murder . So ifAlice ’s Adventures in WonderlandauthorLewis Carrollcould have done it , why not the aloof relative of the royal family ’s newest phallus ?
[ h / t : ID CrimeFeed ]
